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by adamcstephens 1646 days ago
Was it the specialization of labor, or the harnessing of vasts quantities of stored energy in fossil fuels? I’d wager on the latter.
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kube-system 1646 days ago
Agriculture brought 2 or 3 orders of magnitude in population growth. Industrialization of fossil fuels brought about 1.
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adamcstephens 1644 days ago
Agriculture alone, or fueled by fossil fuels?
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